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Ninth Annual Guy Davis Golf Tournament Scheduled for August 20 at Crown Colony Calcutta Set for August 19; Proceeds to Benefit Angelina College Athletics

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The ninth annual Guy Davis Golf Tournament will take place on Saturday, August 20 at Crown Colony Country Club in Lufkin.

Tournament organizers are currently seeking teams and hole sponsors for the five-man scramble format, scheduled

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Jake Wood lobs the ball onto the 18th green during last year’s annual Guy Davis Golf Tournament. This year’s tourney takes place on Aug. 20, with the Calcutta scheduled for 6 p.m. on Aug. 19. Proceeds from the tournament go to the Angelina Roadrunner Foundation in support of Angelina College athletics, in addition to providing scholarships to area students. (AC Press Photo)

for shotgun starts of 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Hole games and prizes include Hole-in- One (for a 2016 Toyota Tundra and for a $10,000 prize), long-drive and closest- to-the- pin contests, with prizes for those events as well.

A Calcutta for the tournament is set for 6 p.m. on Friday, August 19, also at Crown Colony, with a silent auction featuring various sports collectibles and other valuable items.

Proceeds from the tournament go to the Angelina Roadrunner Foundation in support of Angelina College athletics, in addition to providing scholarships to area students. Donations are tax deductible.

Sponsorship opportunities are still available. Current sponsors for this year’s event include Brookshire Brothers (the presenting sponsors for every Guy Davis Golf Tournament over the past eight years), First Bank and Trust of East Texas, Loving Auto Group, Lufkin Coca Cola, Bancorp South, Goodwin Lassiter Strong, Judge Wes Suiter and Dr. Cheryl Suiter, Joe McCleskey of Angelina Excavating, Carroway Funeral Home and Renfro Sausages.

A registration form and information flier can be located by visiting the Angelina College web site at www.angelina.edu and clicking on the Athletics link.

For more information, contact Steve Hall at 936-635- 2126 or Dennis McCullough at 936- 414-1114.

Gary Stallard
Sports Information Director Gary Stallard, who also serves as a Liberal Arts Instructor, begins his eleventh season with Angelina College. Following a career as a U.S. Marine, Stallard completed his bachelor’s degree at Stephen F. Austin University, where he majored in English and Journalism. For more than 16 years, he has worked as a sports writer/columnist/photographer for the Lufkin Daily News; he continues to contribute free-lance articles on occasion. Stallard has won several awards for writing, including the Golden Hoops Award for basketball writing in 2003, Regional Sports Writer of the Year in 2004, and the Texas Press Association’s first-place award for column writing in 2007 and in 2014. He has also done basketball, football and baseball radio and live streaming play-by- play and color commentary for an ESPN affiliate. Currently Stallard serves as play-by-play broadcaster for AC basketball, baseball and softball games. Prior to arriving at Angelina College, Stallard taught English at Lufkin High School for four years. He currently teaches Developmental Writing classes at AC. He and his wife Susan live in Lufkin.

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